Iranian leaders and Iran’s state media have been celebrating the victory of Islamist parties in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. They view these election victories as the fulfillment of the prophesies of Iranian leaders who foresaw the shifting of governments into Islamic states. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has frequently employed the term “Islamic awakening” to describe the recent events of the Middle East and North Africa. According to their theocratic ideology, God’s will is being fulfilled.

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